Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-09
Reaa Cunnineham's money ad. 81


town at Wood & Vincent's. 80
Call on the McNeal Mortgage Co. fol
short time real estate loans. Alto
DIR. Lockwood has moved into rooms
in the Citizens bank building.
J. w. Singer will attend to II. bursts
scales, since VanSlyke Brothers qui;
business there. 4l-t2
The new loan firm of Allen, Over
street & Ellis are prepared to furnish
cheap money on short notice. 80
Mrs. Alice E. Yant, w. NJ, Mrs. SUI
san A. Payne, A. NJ, and Mrs. Mamie
V. O'Bryan, p. NJ, of Lorraine chap
ter, Order of Eastern Star, started
Monday to Topeka, to attend the grand
lodge.
Ellis & Overstreet have added another
room to their apartments in the First
National bank building, and have had
their rooms all newly papered and car,
peted. They now have the most desi-
rable Offices in the city.
Already it Is rumored that II. NJ. In
graham, of this city, and Frank II. Shell
ley, of Kiowa, will be republican can
didates for recorder. 1t will take long
pole to knock the perslmmons away
from the present incumbent.
Had the presumption law been repeal
ed, Barber county would not have been
directly affected, as all of the public
land in this county is Usage Indian
trust land. and not subject to all of the
provisions governing ordinary govern
ment land.
Petitions are being circulated in FL
wood and Etna townships, in the south
west part of this county, asking the
county commissioners to call special
elections, that those townships may
vote on the proposition to subscribe
aid to the Border Line railroad. This
road is now considering the practical
bility of extending west, through those
townships; but we have an idea that a
more desirable proposition will be sub
mitted to those townships at an early
day.
The city election will occur in about
four weeks; but, so far, there has been
little talk about candidates. In fact,
we Lave heard but one name mention
ed in connection with the mayoralty,
that Of Mr.. Z. A. Simmons. 1t appears
to be the understanding that the ladies.
or a considerable number of them, will
vote in this city, and if they do, their
votes will no doubt decide who is to
compose the city government. Mr.. Sim
mons is very popular with the ladies.
To be a councilman may bring to the
successful candidate much glory; but
during the ensuing year it Will unques-
tionably involve that official in inter-
minable trouble, for, how to run the
city without revenue from any source,
will be problem. No levy was made
last year, and no direct tax can be col
lected before the Goth of next Deem
Der. The revenue from the drug stores
and other places that heretofore sold
liquor, has been cut off, and there is no
way to raise revenue except by an &C.
cupation tax, and that would prove a
most unpopular means.
One of the pioneer settlers of Barber
county, Mr.. Charles Chadwick, died at
his home, on Elm creek, Barber county'
II miles northwest of this city, on
Thursday, March Sd, 1857, of apoplexy,
aged 81 years. He was born in England,
but came to the United States in 1898,
and settled in Madison county, Illinois.
There he was married, in 1855, to Mar
garet E. Young. lie moved to Kansas,
and settled in Miami county, in 1868;
moved to Barber county in the fall of
1878, and settled on the place where he
died. He left wife and seven chill
dren, all grown, and two married, all
living in this county. Their names are,
John A., James r., Joseph j., Mary A.,
Isaac N, William, and Charles w. Be-
sides these, he was the father of three
other children, who died in infancy.
Deceased had not Deen well for nearly
a year; but even to the day of his death
he was able to be up and about He
was good citizen, and popular with
his neighbors, and though he had near
ly reached the allotted term of mans
life, three-score and ten, his death is
generally regretted. His remains were
buried in Highland cemetery, adjoining
this city, on Saturday.
Though the coroner's jury that sat on
the body of George Castine, the young
man killed at Elm Mills, on the Oath
ult., by David M. Stewart, rendered a
verdict Of justifabie homicide, the IA
ther of the deceased came here last
week, and swore out a warrant for the
arrest of Stewart, and last Friday the
defendant was arraIgned before Justice
McCanless, in this city. lie appeared
with Ellis & Overstreet and w. s. Den
ton as his attorneys, while the state
was represented by County Attorney
Jones, Cameron Il McNeal, and G. NJ.
Martin. The evidence submitted was
voluminous, and the justice considered
1t sufficient to warrant him in binding
the defendant over to await the action
of the district court. His bond was
fixed at 5000, and was promptly given,
with Z. j. Stewart and w. C. Douglass
as securities. There was nothing new
developed IN the preliminary examina-
ton. further than was published in
our columns last week. 1t was shown
that the deceased had removed the pane
Of glass from the window, and had
reached in and taken the money box
from the shelf; as he was doing this,
Stewart fired the shot that eventually
caused his death. 1t appears to have
been a clear case of attempted robbery,
followed by detection.